Political ‘crisis’ continues: “there was no phone call requesting secret service intervention”
“Someone is lying”, say pundits, opening door to possibility that actually numerous people could be lying COMMENT: Portugal’s almost Mickey Mouse political crisis – still focused on the ‘punch-up’ at
PSD accuses government of doing away with middle class with change in savings certificates
Friday saw government scratch popular E-series certificates which had seen ‘run on bank deposits’ The government’s decision to devalue savings certificates confirms that it is intent on doing away with
President starts Camões/ Portugal day celebrations in South Africa
Commemorations come after three-year delay prompted by Covid-19 pandemic Portugal’s president Marcelo is kicking off celebrations to mark Portugal/ Camões/ Portuguese Communities Day in South Africa with a ceremony on
Portugal’s PM visits Angola to “cement political relations with João Lourenço”
PM expected to sign various new agreements “in areas of bilateral cooperation and investment” Officially, the PM António Costa’s two-day visit to Angola, starting tomorrow, is seen as the start
New polls show PSD ahead for ‘first time’; PS in ‘accentuated fall’
New polls being made much of the national press today show that PSD social democrats are “for the first time” ahead of PS Socialists in terms of citizens’ voting intentions,
Confusion as only candidate to lead Portugal’s DGS health directorate resigns
Association of health service doctors says directorate “under attack” Late yesterday afternoon, the only candidate in the frame to take over from Portugal’s long-serving (already retired) director general of health
Government “receives guarantees that China doesn’t support ‘secret police stations’
China admitted to stations in December, saying they were created by “passionate overseas groups” Minister of Foreign Affairs, João Gomes Cravinho, said in parliament today that he had received assurances
Marcelo “convinced Spanish elections won’t affect EU presidency”
Spain will be holding EU presidency when snap elections take place Portugal’s president Marcelo has said today that legislative elections in Spain in July will not affect the Spanish presidency
“Government needs to restart visits to China”, says business group
PorCham wants to restart visits with “maximum urgency” The chairman of a Luso-Chinese business group has said today that the Portuguese government should resume visits to China with “maximum urgency,”
PSD leader “seeks to show he deals with cases of hypothetical corruption differently” – analyst
Withdraws confidence in MP cited in Operation Vortex PSD social democrats have found themselves implicated in two of the many political ‘controversies’ swirling. But, in contrast to PS handling of